After Being Reborn, Her Only Mission Is to Love Him-Chapter 389 - 387: Can’t Make the Same Mistake Again

Chapter 389: Chapter 387: Can’t Make the Same Mistake Again

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Hao Li said this, her gaze once again turning toward the position of Lu Zhaozhao’s bedside.

"These items, you are able to enjoy them on regular days, so missing them for a day or two wouldn’t be a big deal, right?"

Lu Zhaozhao glanced at Hao Li and pretended to be troubled as she spoke, "Although I always have these things, after all, they were specially sent by Lady Xiao. If she finds out I gave her gift to someone else..."

Upon seeing Lu Zhaozhao soften, Hao Li’s heart filled with joy.

It didn’t matter whether she was just fobbing her off or had randomly come up with an excuse.

As long as she resolved this problem, even if Lu Zhaozhao was making excuses, she wouldn’t be able to refuse.

Hao Li looked at Lu Zhaozhao with a smile, her face full of determination, "If you don’t want Xiao Jinglan to find out, isn’t that easy? As long as you don’t say and I don’t say, no one else will know."

"..."

Lu Zhaozhao stayed silent, Hao Li’s thoughts were precisely what she desired, but it still was not enough.

Thus, she slightly furrowed her brow, as if she were seriously contemplating her recent words.

Hao Li was getting a bit anxious inside and quickly added, "Every time I’ll be careful, definitely won’t let the person delivering the cubilose notice."

"But..."

"Lu Zhaozhao, you wouldn’t be unwilling to give it to me, would you? It’s just a portion of cubilose. If word gets out, who knows what they will say about the Song Family being stingy!"

Before Lu Zhaohao could finish speaking, Hao Li blurted out.

She had been coaxing Lu Zhaozhao for quite a while, and if she still didn’t relent, Hao Li could only scare her.

"Don’t don’t don’t, I’ll give it to you," Lu Zhaozhao said as though she had truly been frightened by Hao Li, hastily agreeing to her proposal.

Upon hearing this, Hao Li immediately went to her bedside, took the insulated container with the cubilose, and sat beside it, quickly opening it.

As if she was afraid that Lu Zhaozhao might have second thoughts.

Lu Zhaozhao glanced indifferently at Hao Li and picked up the book beside her to read again.

Hao Li, eating the cubilose in her hands, looked at Lu Zhaozhao with the demeanor of a victor.

Her gaze moved up and down Lu Zhaozhao’s body and she muttered, "Zhaozhao, in view of the cubilose you’ve given to your auntie, let me give you some well-intentioned advice. You shouldn’t trust Xiao Jinglan too much. She’s not as kind and gentle as she appears on the surface; she’s the type to have honey on her lips but bitterness in her heart."

"..."

Lu Zhaozhao remained silent, but inside she highly agreed with Hao Li’s words.

Compared to someone like Xiao Jinglan who was sweet-tongued but had bitter intentions, she was straightforwardly bad, clearly bad for anyone with eyes to see.

It wasn’t surprising that, in the previous struggles between Hao Li and Xiao Jinglan, she had ended up on the losing side, even being directly driven out of the Shangjing Circle.

Someone of Hao Li’s caliber could be manipulated by anyone with a bit of brains, let alone by someone like Xiao Jinglan who would never tire of schemes and manipulations.

Seeing that Lu Zhaozhao kept silent, Hao Li was not annoyed.

She knew that Lu Zhaozhao and Xiao Jinglan were as close as two peas in a pod, and her few words couldn’t change her attitude.

She ate the cubilose from the bowl, feeling very pleased, and so she didn’t mind conversing more with Lu Zhaozhao.

"Zhaozhao, I must say, Xiao Jinglan spared no effort in her schemes against Sinian when he was a child. But Sinian was silent at that age and managed to evade them all." Hao Li thought of this and still felt a surge of displeasure.

Back then, she had gotten a hold of Xiao Jinglan’s weaknesses, yet she somehow slipped away.

She absolutely couldn’t make the same mistake again!

Lu Zhaozhao frowned slightly as she listened to Hao Li’s words. She turned to look at the woman and asked, "Did Lady Xiao ever harm Mr. Song when she was young?"

Hao Li had just been speaking casually, never expecting Lu Zhaozhao to actually take it seriously.

How could she not be agitated?

Hao Li immediately perked up, looking at Lu Zhaozhao with bright, spirited eyes and said, "Of course! When Sinian was little, he barely spoke, even if someone bullied him, he didn’t know how to fight back. Although Xiao Jinglan didn’t dare to openly harm him, she didn’t hesitate to pull strings behind the scenes..."

After that, Hao Li told Lu Zhaozhao quite a bit about Song Sinian’s childhood.

Although some parts were exaggerated, she didn’t miss a thing regarding what Xiao Jinglan had done, telling it all to Lu Zhaozhao.

"Sinian’s mother died early, and Xiao Jinglan used the pretense of having him remember his mother; all the photos she showed him were of Feng Xiran after her death."

"Often under the guise of bringing Sinian food, Xiao Jinglan frequently added too much or too little salt in his dishes. How could such a young child withstand that?"

"She even colluded with the tutors to belittle and punish Sinian..."

...

Listening to Hao Li’s words, Lu Zhaozhao couldn’t help but clench her fists tightly.

She had always thought that her own experiences in the Lu Family were already horrifying, but she never expected that Xiao Jinglan, the wretch, would treat Song Sinian in such a way!

Suppressing the irritation in her heart, she pretended to ask Hao Li casually, "If Xiao Jinglan treated Mr. Song like that, why didn’t you expose her at the time?"

Upon hearing this, Hao Li’s brow furrowed in anger, "How could I have not tried to expose her? But that cunning woman had colluded with numerous servants in the Song Family, and instead of succeeding in exposing her, I was the one who got trapped."

When Lu Zhaozhao heard this, she raised an eyebrow and asked, "Was there no reaction from Grandpa at all?"

Given Old Master Song’s concern for Song Sinian, even if he didn’t believe what Hao Li said, he would not have allowed such things to happen.

Hao Li shrugged, "Although the old master didn’t say much, he did increase surveillance on the people around Sinian. Even if Xiao Jinglan wanted to harm him, her opportunities were much fewer. But that doesn’t mean she didn’t continue to do things afterward. That woman would never miss any chance to harm Sinian!"

"..."

Although Lu Zhaozhao didn’t want to admit it, what Hao Li said was indeed true.

Xiao Jinglan certainly wouldn’t miss any opportunity to harm Song Sinian.

Lu Zhaozhao narrowed her eyes, holding the book in her hands. She was silent for a moment and then slowly spoke, "I’m afraid it’s difficult for me to make a judgment on this matter. I never met Mr. Song when he was a child, and I only got to know Lady Xiao after getting married, so I can’t really judge the truth of your words."

"How can you, a child, be so..."

"However, I find your words hard to believe. After all, Lady Xiao treats her nephew as dearly as her own child, how could she possibly be so cruel to her stepson?" Lu Zhaozhao looked at Hao Li with an air of incomprehension, seemingly very skeptical of her words.

Hao Li’s frown immediately deepened into a knot, "Lady Xiao’s treatment of her nephew..."

She was cut short.

Xiao Jinglan’s nephew?

Xiao Mo?

She treated him as tenderly as her own?

These statements shouldn’t have been problematic, but to Hao Li’s ears, they exploded like a sudden thunderclap.

If she remembered correctly, Xiao Jinglan had never had children of her own after marrying Song Gu.

Logically, after Song Gu’s death, Xiao Jinglan should have devoted herself wholeheartedly to Song Sinian, yet she had chosen otherwise...